Robert Goodvoice 3

Abstract:

He gives an account of the Sioux participation in the War of 1812 on the side of the British, and the Sioux interpretation of the reward promised them by the British Crown; tells the history and whereabouts of the King George III medals given to the Sioux for their loyalty to the British Crown during the War of 1812; tells the story of two Sioux chiefs who were kidnapped in Manitoba and returned to the United States, presumably for their part in the 1862 Sioux uprising (Minnesota Massacre); tells of the dispersal of the Sioux in their flight from the U.S. army following the 1862 uprising; and a story of one family's search for their relations in the wake of this dispersal.

Description:

25 p. transcript of an interview with Robert Goodvoice conducted by an unknown interviewer between June 15 - October 15, 1977. Tape number IH-104/105, transcript disc 10.

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